Improvement in baling-presses



' -L 'imam PETERS, PHOTO-LITMGGHAFMER, WASHINGTON D C WILLIAM Inns., ors-HREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

batters Pat-ent No. 107,688, dated September 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALING-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred U3 .in these Letters Patent and making part, ofthe same- To all whaha/it may concern l:

Be itknownthat I, WILLIAM leen, of Shreveport, in the parislrof Caddoand State t' Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Ealing-Press iand I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and.

exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the arttolnake .and use the same, refel'-,

ence beinghad tothe accompanving drawing tinming part of Jthisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinalsection of my improved Daling-press.

Figure 'l is an end eier/ation oi' the sinne.

Figure 3 is a detail side view, partly in section, ot' a moditied formof clutch .and level'. l

Similar let-ters ot' reference indicate' corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a. novel construction of' mechanism forworking the follower of a lading-press,

.and consists in a new arrangement ot' ii'iction-clutches for workingthe follower downwardly, and also in a new construction ol" clutch, ashereinafter more fully described.

A in the drawinc' rein'esents the frame ofthe press. It consists ot' thefixed bottoinafhinged ou removable sidcsJ) I), and fixed ends c c.,

lhve followerB projects beyond the ends ot' thc press, through verticalslots of the Hsame, and emb1 aces, at its ends, vertical posts C C, as(shown.

I) D are friction-clutches, pivoted to links (l d, that are pivoted to.the ends of the follower;

These clutches D embrace the square posts 0 C, and serve to retain thefollower in the position to which it has beenV lowered.

Each clutch l) is, by a cord, c, connected with .a small windla-ss, 7,which is lmng in the follower, and

4 which can bc locked 'by pawl and ratchet-wheel g.

This windlass serves to hohl the clutch suspended l|oxizo11tally.\v"henitis desired to elevate the follower.

E is another clutch, ttcd loose around the post C, below the follower.

F is a lever for moving the'lollower up or down.

A link, 71, connects the lever F with the clutch E,

and another link, t7, connects the lever F with' the' follower, as shownin g. 1.

By swinging the lever on its links, the follower will be drawn down atone stroke, and the clutch E let down at the next.' 1

rl`he clutch D locks the follower and makes the upvper link y thefnlcrum ot the lever, while the lower Vclutch is moved down.

,The other link rt'uruishes the fulcru'm while the follower is beingdrawn down. Itis evident that a lever, F, and clutch E are used at eachend of the press.

G is a windlass, which, by means ol'- ropes serves te elevate the'follower when the press is to be set for use. p f

The lever F may, il`- desired, be pivotcd directlyto the clutch E, as iniig 3in which case the lilik h is" dispensed with.

lt will be. noticed that on the outer or operatingl side, the throatot"each clutch is so formed that the biting or clamping corner 7s ishigher than that on the opposite side; thereby greater power isobtained, and the liability of ,slipping in a strain isl prevented.

`Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent* 1 l. The clutchesl) l), constructed as described, combined with cord c, windlassf, andpawl and ratchet g, to form a locking device for the follower, as sett'ort-h.

2. lhe locking devices D c f g and fulcrum clutches E E, links h t', andlevers F, combined with the projecting follower B, as and for thepurpose described.

A clutch for presses, having the biting point la higher on the-outerthan the inner side, as and. for the purpose described.

WILLIAM ILER.

Witnesses JAMES W. ARNOLD,

O. HALL.

